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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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AECF - FCs and ETs

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For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.

Members: 834
Latest Activity: Feb 14, 2023

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Comment by kellygray79 on April 11, 2014 at 12:06pm: VERY helpful - thank you!!

Comment by Anti M on April 11, 2014 at 11:28am: INDOC is short for indoctrination. This is like an intro to base and command policies, duty rotations, liberty, etc. Every time he goes somewhere new, there will be indoc.

ATT is Apprentice Technical Training. Basically, electronics prep school. Many rates at Great Lakes take it, not just AECF.

There will be hold time waiting to class up, perhaps a hold after school waiting for orders, expect his stay at Great Lakes to be about a year.

ATT is nine weeks, and FC is 20 weeks.

(Your computer may say this link is unsafe, but it is okay to use)

https://www.cool.navy.mil/enlisted/rating_info_cards/fc.pdf

Comment by kellygray79 on April 11, 2014 at 10:16am: GoldnG8r - what is INDOC and ATT? I have a cheat sheet but I can't find it. I'll have to reprint so I can learn the lingo. He wants to do FC so that means he would be in GL for approximately 4 months before being stationed somewhere else? That is what I was most curious about - very helpful.

Comment by kellygray79 on April 10, 2014 at 5:04pm: Can anyone give a good summary of what AECF is and the length of A-school in laymen terms? I have a link but it might as well be in greek - ha ha!

Comment by Concernedad on April 10, 2014 at 10:11am: Anyone know when the results of the ET2 testing will be in?

Comment by Valentine210 on March 30, 2014 at 1:16am: GoldnG8r is right, we go through 1 week of INDOC before classing up to ATT. I graduated October 25, went through a week of INDOC and then was on hold until November 20. We found out the day before we were to report. I'm over at 'A' school now with a graduation date of July 18. If you have questions.

Comment by webedebtfree on March 26, 2014 at 3:48pm: Howdy!

New here ... My sailor had PIR on Friday and will start ATT school on Monday.

Comment by Anti M on February 1, 2014 at 9:57am: lab, ETs or FCs don't do navigational work, although ETs may work on the gear if that's what they are assigned for C school.

Comment by Abby on February 1, 2014 at 9:47am: It was, he did and San Diego for us! I can't wait to warm up haha!

Comment by Susan06239 on February 1, 2014 at 8:36am: Too funny Abby! Must have been the Pats game. I hope he behaved himself. Do you know where you're headed next?